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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 137 · 1980Reserved (SC)

Sohawal

Winner — 1980

MADHO PRASAD
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 48.3%JNP(SC) 40.7%4 others 11.0%
Votes
26,008
48.3% share
Winning margin
4,071
7.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
41.2%
of 1,30,746

A clear win with a 7.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MADHO PRASAD
INC(I)
Congress (I)
26,00848.3%
2
AVDESH PRASAD
JNP(SC)
21,93740.7%
3
RAM KUMAR
BJP
2,6785.0%
4
BUDH RAM
JNP(SR)
1,2632.3%
5
SHEO PAL
IND
1,0972.0%
6
NARENDRA KUMAR
8841.6%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (96th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 1.3% · max 29.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
65%
lowerhigher
96th of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.61
fewer partiesmore parties
261st of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
104th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
425 seats · 213 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.61EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 48.3%JNP(SC) 40.7%OTH 11.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
40,21,243
Density
524 / km²
Sex ratio
894 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
7,680 km²
SC population26.4%
ST population1.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
77%HINDU
Hindu 76.5%Muslim 20.1%Other 3.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water28.5%
Electricity17.3%
Sanitation24.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births82.8%
Children fully vaccinated69.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.6%
Children underweight (under 5)36.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.0%
Women literate57.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.7%
Clean cooking fuel35.9%
Health insurance22.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jaggery Products🏺Tribal craft

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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